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Russia tightens persecution of a crucial human-rights group

Russian police raided the offices of Memorial, a human-rights group, on charges of Nazi rehabilitation. The raids appear to be intended to silence human rights and historical truth in Russia.

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  • Russian police raided 12 Moscow addresses linked to Memorial, a human-rights group.
  • Eight Memorial employees were detained on charges of supposed “rehabilitation of Nazism”.
  • The case is trivial, and Memorial databases are known to have accidentally included Nazi collaborators.
  • The raids appear to be intended to send a message to stop investigating or publicising human rights or historical truth.
  • Memorial has faced persecution and was officially disbanded in December 2021.
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